Birthday Bear

 Hello Everyone!

Wanted to share a birthday card made for my nephew.  This bear is a Sizzix die set which includes the branch.  Pretty cute set. I love the coffee cup too.  

This is what I stamped on the inside. The sentiment is from Sweet N' Sassy stamps. The coffee cup is included with the bear die cut set.

This was for a November birthday. Now I have all my November birthday cards finished, I have to get back to my Christmas cards.  Not quite done with them. Hope you are having a great day!!

Karen

Masculine Birthday Card with Truck

 Hello everyone!

I wanted to share this nice masculine birthday card I made for a friend.  The was made with stamps from Stampin' Up.

I used a nice manly plaid decorative paper for the background and dark green cardstock for the card base. Truck was colored with watercolor markers. 

The inside:

So glad you stopped by today.  I am working on my Thanksgiving cards and will be posting those when they are complete.  I am continuing the truck theme for my Thanksgiving cards. Should be pretty cute. Check back for those.  Hope you are having a good day and enjoying Fall.  

Karen

Masculine card with Deer

 Hello Everyone,

I have another masculine card design to share today.  I sent these for birthdays. 

Supplies used to make cards:

Deer Die cut: Sizzix

Tree Background die cut: Memory Box

Stipple stamp

Birthday Sentiment stamps

Brown and green markers

Various die cuts: Spellbinders

Linen Thread

Bakers Twine

Stippled stamping was added to green cardstock background. Tree trunks were colored with makers.

Die cut background shapes were used in this version. 

Great masculine cards.  Also great for Father's Day cards.  Change out the colors and sentiments for a really cool Christmas card too.

See you soon.

Karen

Keep On Truckin' Birthday Cards

 Hello everyone.

Sharing some masculine birthday cards today.  

Stamps from Stampin' Up.  

Trucks were stamped on decorative paper and fussy cut by hand.  

Super fun cards!!  So glad you stopped by today. See you next time.

Karen

Lovely Trees with Artistic Background Birthday Card

 Hello Everyone,

Today I have a card that I made with a very old stamp and a new stamp.

Trees are stamped on white background with brown ink.  The ground and sky are made by stamping the background stamp from the Artistically Inked stamp set (Stampin' Up) is green and blue inks.

Great birthday card for anyone.  See you soon.

Karen

Desert Fox Masculine Card

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Wanted to share the card I made for my nephew's birthday.  I used a stamp set from Stampin' Up (Nature's Beauty).  I got out my Distress inks (for a change) and used them to create the desert like background.  I added some stars with Glitter glue.

I punched a large circle and used that as a mask to spotlight the fox.  The Fox is colored with Distress markers. 

So glad you stopped by today.  See you next time!!

Karen

Nautical Themed Card

 Hello Everyone,

Today's post features a masculine nautical themed card.  This can be used for any occasion.  I used this for a birthday card.  

The stamp is from Stampendous.  I stamped with black archival ink and used distress inks to add all the color.  

Bon Voyage!   See you next time with bunny b-day card!

Karen

Straight Up Masculine Birthday card

 Hello Everyone,

Hope you all had joyful Holidays!  Happy New Year!
Back today with a card I made for my nephew. I used stamps from Stampin Up and some masculine colored papers.  The fiber trim is a piece of selvedge I tore from a scrap of fabric.  Makes a nice embellishment and doesn't fray.  

I colored the whiskey and sentiment with watercolor markers. I had to do a bit of blending with 3 colors to the get right shade for the whiskey. 

The inside.

So glad you stopped by today.  And, I will be back next time with a quilt project.

Karen

Music Themed Masculine Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends,
Back today with another masculine birthday card.  This one was made for my husband (who is a musician). The guitar is his second favorite instrument.  The trumpet is his first fav. 

 I found this guitar stamp at a stamping show a few years ago.  It is from The Artful Stamper.  Really makes a great "guy" card.  I double stamped the Happy Birthday with brown and black ink.  Looks kind of shadowy that way. 

Glad you stopped by today.  I will have Valentine's Day cards coming up next.  Hope you will stop by and check them out.  And, let me know what you think.

Have an extra super day. 
Karen

Masculine Birthday: Fishes

Hello Everyone!
Hope all had a great Holiday season.  I did enjoy time with  family over the holidays.  I am back today with a masculine birthday card made for my nephew.  He loves to go fishing soooo...

Stamps are from The Stampin' Place.  The background fish stamp was stamped on white CS with Adirondack Pesto ink.  The individual fish were stamped with Adirondack Oregano ink, colored with Copic markers, and fussy cut.

I added some die cuts to simulate water flora. 

Inside looks like this:

We are getting lots of snow today here in Michigan, USA.  Good day to stay inside and make cards!  See you next time for another masculine birthday card.

Karen

Classy Gentleman

Hello Everyone!
I am currently working on Christmas cards.  I still have lots of work to do on those, but I will share them with you when done. 

Today, I have a gentleman's birthday card.  This one was a special order.   I always ask about the person who will receive the card and was told that he was always such a gentleman.  And, this was how I interpreted that info:

I decided on a vintage look and used browns and blues.  This is a stamp I have had for a while from Pink Persimmon (retired).  Check your stash for this stamp!  It is great for masculine cards.

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you next time with a card made with the help of a wine bottle cork.  Sound fun??!! 
Have a great day,
Karen

Fifty's Chevy

Hello Friends!
Here is one of my favorite masculine cards.  I make a lot of this card for all the guys.  It is always a big hit.  Love it in this blue/green color scheme too.

I used markers to color and added lots of layers.


Short post today!  See you next time!!
Karen

Masculine Birthday Card Ideas

Hello and Happy Wednesday.
Hope you are enjoying your day.  I have been working out in the yard a bit this week.  We are having new sod put in next week and having several beds cleaned out.  When that is done, I can get to planting my new beds.  I have my plans all sketched out with plant choices.  I can't wait to get planting!  Of course, the weather has to cooperate.  We are still getting some cold nights.  Okay, enough chit chat--on to some cards.
I have a few masculine birthday cards to share today.  I made the cards for an order.  I quite enjoyed coming up with all the guy cards!

The first card really showcases a piece of DP.  The sentiment is the only stamping on this card.  I added a trim the I thought looked like waves.

The next two cards were made by stamping a car or truck and adding some darker papers.The car on the first card is from Flonz Craft.  The DP is from K & Company.

The truck on the is card is from Sweet N Sassy stamps.

Okay, I had better get going.  Coming up later this week is the Lost Coast Designs Women Rule the World Event.  I have some pretty cards to share for that. So, check back for that.  See you then.  Love ya
Karen

***************A Few Fun Challenges for my Masuline cards
Cardz 4 Guys: monochromatic
Simon Wednesday: anything goes
Bunny Zoe's: transport

Masculine Cards with Trucks--Very Manly

Hi Dreamers,
As you know, I have been working on a card order.  The customer requested several masculine cards.  I wanted to try out a set from Sweet N Sassy stamps that was very masculine.   With manly colors, stamped backgrounds and some dry embossing, the masculine cards were a snap.   I  used the current sketch from Sweet Stop for inspiration on the first card.

Materials:

Stamps: Timeless Classic from Sweet N Sassy

Black dye ink

Markers

Distress Inks

Brown and Gray CS

Decorative papers

Bakers Twine

Tag Die from Sizzix

Embossing folder

• Stamp with black ink and color with markers.  Go over the image with Vintage Photo Distress ink.
• Follow Sweet Stop sketch for layout.

 Card #2-Retirement Card

• Color with a blue marker on this card.  
• Computer generate the Cruising sentiment  (On the inside, I added a retirement sentiment)

Card #3

• Create the background with the gears stamp and some other shapes
• Stamp the truck with black ink and color with a yellow marker
• Add twine

Card #4

• Stamp and color with markers
• Go over image with Distress inks
• Dry emboss background

*******A few fun Challenges:
ABC challenges: color with a marker
Cards for Men: tag it---card #1
Cards in Envy: manly--all the cards are relatively flat.  Did not use any dimensional adhesive--easier for my customer to mail!
Love to Scrap: anything goes
Paper Playtime: use 3 different papers---card #1
Sweet Stop: sketch---card #1

Stayed this week for some pic's of my garden--getting towards the end of summer here.  I will also have some fun cards made with a Memory box tree die.  Very fun!  Hope your day is going well.  Love ya.
Karen